Moroccan Grape Juice

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"Found in the cookbook From the Lands of Figs and Olives. I don't know if this is supposed to be prepared with 100% white grape juice or 100% concord grape juice. I tested with unsweetened organic concord grape juice. You also have the option of making your own grape juice: Recipe #41039. If your juice is sweetened, omit the sugar in the recipe. An ideal introduction to orange blossom water if you've never tasted it before."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 quart

ingredients

• 946.0 ml concord grape juice (or white grape juice)
• 29.58 ml sugar (I used honey) or 29.58 ml honey, to taste (I used honey)
• 29.58 ml orange blossom water (do not omit)
• 1.23 ml cinnamon, to taste (original recipe specified 1 teaspoon) or 1 small whole cinnamon stick
• ice cube
• of fresh mint, for garnish

directions

1. Mix together everything except for the ice cubes and mint.
2. Chill and when ready to serve pour the juice over ice cubes and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Reviews

[Jostlori]

Well, that was interesting! I chose this recipe because I had a partial bottle of grape juice in the fridge and didn't know what to do with it. I did like the drink - the orange water really changes it up, and my only complaint is that it was too sweet. I used honey, but only a touch because grape juice is already way sweet. If I do have this again, I'll probably try to lighten it up a little bit with some soda water to tone it down. Thanks for posting a quite unusual recipe! Made for ZWT9.

 

[Boomette]

Very yummy but sweet. But it was perfect for my son. He doesn't like grape juice a lot. But with these additions, he likes it. Yesterday he asked me to do another one for him. Thanks Cookgirl. Made for ZWT9

 

[Elmotoo]

YUM! The honey had a hard time blending in so I was thinking (uhoh!) that....you could heat some of the juice, add honey & stir until dissolved. Add the cinnamon stick to that & let it steep a bit before adding the whole but back to the rest of the juice & adding the orange flower water. But, I don't think the additional sweetener is really needed. I accidentally added way more ground cinnamon which turned out great & the recommended amount of orange flower water I could barely detect. (because of too much cinnamon?) so I added more. YUMMM. I sipped & sipped...finished the whole quart in a day. ;) Made for ZWT9, Mike & the Appliance Killers.

 

[Linky]

I used home-made grape juice sweetened with Splenda when I canned it and added NO additional sweeteners based on other reviews. This was so good! I ordered the Orange Blossom juice a couple weeks ago and it didn't come in time for the ZWT9 Moroccan leg of the event, but now I was able to try it for ZWT9 Family Picks!

 

[evelynathens]

I used a local grape juice. Like a previous reviewer, I felt the grape juice was already sweet enough and, though I only used half the amount of honey called for, felt it really didn't need any added sweetener. Loved the additions of orange flower water and cinnamon.